One soldier's war

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A young Russian soldier offers a harrowing chronicle of his experiences in the Chechen wars that captures the fear, chaos, hardship, drudgery, and brutality of modern warfare, documenting his personal odyssey from naïve, teenage conscript to battle-hardened soldier.

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Title Statements

Full title :One soldier's war / Arkady Babchenko ; translated by Nick Allen.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2007.
Edition:1st pbk. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Distributed by Publishers Group West, Grove Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2007.

Notes

"First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Portobello Books, Ltd., with the title, One soldier's war in Chechnya. Individual chapters were first published in Russian literary journals during 2003-2006 and then in book form by Exmo in 2006"--T.p. verso. Preface, April 2007. (p. xii)

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 395 pages : : maps ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780802144034, 0802144039, 9780802118608 : HRD, 0802118607 : HRD
oclc:ocn234437644
LC Classification:DK511.C37
Dewey Decimal:355.009475/2

Mountain brigade -- The river Argun -- Chechens -- Chechens II -- Yakolev -- The cow -- To Mozdok -- The ninth neighborhood -- Sharik -- The apartment -- The runaway -- Mozdok-7 -- The summer of 1996 -- Special cargo -- New Year's Eve -- Alkhan-Yurt -- The storming operation -- Argun -- A soldier's dream -- Field deception -- The obelisk -- Lais -- Hello sisters -- Traitors -- Chechen penal battalion -- Operation 'life' continues -- I am a reminder.

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Autobiographies Babchenko, Arkadiĭ Biographies Biography Chechni︠a︡ (Russia) -- Personal narrative… Chechni︠a︡ (Russia) -- Personal narrative… Geschichte 1995-2000 History Personal Narrative Personal narratives Personal narratives -- Russian Récits personnels Russia (Federation) -- Chechni︠a︡ Russia (Federation)., Russkai͡a Armii͡a Russland Since 1994 Soldat Soldiers Soldiers -- Biography. -- Russia (Feder… Tschetschenien -- Unabhängigkeitskrieg